Associations to the word «Syntagma»

Wiktionary

SYNTAGMA, noun. A syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit; a construction.
SYNTAGMA, noun. A sequence of linguistic units in a syntagmatic relationship to one another.
SYNTAGMA, noun. A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae).

Dictionary definition

SYNTAGMA, noun. A syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.